Marco Sau
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.jpg) Sau playing for Juve Stabia in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 3 November 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Sorgono, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–2005 | Tonara ASD | ||
| 2005–2007 | Cagliari | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2018 | Cagliari | 194 | (45) |
| 2007–2008 | → Manfredonia (loan) | 31 | (10) |
| 2008–2009 | → AlbinoLeffe (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Lecco (loan) | 30 | (4) |
| 2010–2011 | → Foggia (loan) | 33 | (20) |
| 2011–2012 | → Juve Stabia (loan) | 36 | (21) |
| 2019 | Sampdoria | 5 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Benevento | 67 | (18) |
| 2023–2024 | Feralpisalò | 16 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2013 | Italy | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 June 2024 | |||
Marco Sau (Italian: [ˈmarko ˈsau], Sardinian: [ˈmaɾku ˈzau]; born 3 November 1987) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker.[1]
Early life
[edit]Sau has been nicknamed Pattolino (Duckling) since childhood. His idol growing up was the striker Gianfranco Zola, also from his native Province of Nuoro in Sardinia.[2]
While visiting an uncle in Scotland in his early teens, Sau played in the youth ranks of Livingston and a local team in Gourock.[3]
Club career
[edit]Cagliari
[edit]Sau turned professional at Cagliari in 2007. On 25 June 2008 he was signed by AlbinoLeffe.[4] On 15 July 2009, he was loaned to Lecco.[5]
Foggia
[edit]In August 2010 Sau was acquired by Foggia of Lega Pro Prima Divisione by head coach Zdenek Zeman in co-ownership deals, for a peppercorn of €500,[6] scoring 20 league goals that season. In June 2011 Foggia acquired Sau and Salvatore Burrai outright for a total of €207,000 by a closed tender mediated by Lega Serie A.[6][7] However they were returned to Cagliari on 31 August 2011 for the same total price (Burrai for free and Sau for €207,000).[8][9] Foggia later brought the transfer to court to claim the transfer documents were falsified.[10]
Return to Cagliari
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Sau was re-acquired by Cagliari on 31 August 2011 on a two-year contract.[9] He played at S.S. Juve Stabia in 2011–12 Serie B season,[11] scoring 21 goals. This form allowed him into the Cagliari first team for 2012–13.[3]
Sau scored both of Cagliari's goals in a 2–2 draw against Inter on 18 November 2012.[3]
On 29 August 2014, Sau renewed his contract with Cagliari until 2017.[12]
Later career
[edit]On 31 January 2019, Sau signed with Sampdoria after seven years at Cagliari.[13] After five goalless substitute appearances, he signed a two-year contract at Serie B's Benevento on 22 July.[14] He scored a hat-trick on 29 December in a 4–0 home win over Ascoli,[15] and the following 29 June he came off the bench to score the only goal against his former club Juve Stabia to win promotion to Serie A as champions with seven games left.[16]
In February 2023, Sau signed for Serie C Group A club Feralpisalò on a contract until the end of the season with the option for a further year.[17]
International career
[edit]Sau made his international debut on 31 May 2013, coming on as a 49th-minute substitute against San Marino in a friendly 4–0 win at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara in Bologna.[18]
Honours
[edit]Cagliari
Benevento
References
[edit]- ^ Marco Sau at Soccerway
- ^ Sergio Cadeddu. "Sau innamorato: "Che bello giocare per il Cagliari, per la Sardegna"" (in Italian). Cagliari News 24. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ^ a b c Fleming, Scott (20 December 2012). "Born in Sardinia, made in Gourock". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ "Sau all'AlbinoLeffe" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 25 June 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "E' rientrato Larrivey" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 15 July 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ a b Cagliari Calcio SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2011 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian CCIAA
- ^ ""Buste": Burrai e Sau al Foggia" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "Sau e Burrai tornano al Cagliari" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ a b Cagliari Calcio SpA bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2012 (in Italian), PDF purchased from Italian CCIAA
- ^ "Cagliari in Tribunale: il Foggia contesta il contratto di Sau" (in Italian). fantagazzetta. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "Sau alla Juve Stabia" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "Sau ha rinnovato fino al 2017". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). 29 August 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Sampdoria, arriva Sau dal Cagliari a titolo definitivo" (in Italian). Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "UFFICIALE: Benevento, ecco Marco Sau. Due anni di contratto". Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "La nuova sfida di Marco Sau lontano dall'Isola" [Marco Sau's new challenge far away from the Island]. L'Unione Sarda (in Italian). 29 January 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ a b Blackburn, Liam (30 June 2020). "Filippo Inzaghi leads Benevento back to Serie A". Goal. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ "𝙈𝘼𝙍𝘾𝙊 𝙎𝘼𝙐, COMUNICATO UFFICIALE" [𝙈𝘼𝙍𝘾𝙊 𝙎𝘼𝙐, OFFICIAL RELEASE]. www.feralpisalo.it (in Italian). 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ "Marco Sau - national football team player". Eu-football.info. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ^ "Serie B: Cagliari title, Livorno relegated - Football Italia". 20 May 2016.
External links
[edit]
- FIGC profile (in Italian)
- Marco Sau at Soccerway
- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from the Province of Nuoro
- Footballers from Sardinia
- Men's association football forwards
- Italian men's footballers
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- Cagliari Calcio players
- UC AlbinoLeffe players
- Calcio Lecco 1912 players
- SS Juve Stabia players
- Manfredonia Calcio players
- Calcio Foggia 1920 players
- UC Sampdoria players
- Benevento Calcio players
- Feralpisalò players
- Italy men's international footballers
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen